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Elementary [1st-5th] Lesson Plan

Aboriginal pointilism

Created on January 31, 2014 by MisterPP



Students create an artwork in the style of Aboriginal dot paintings/x-ray painting.


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THE PLAN
SWBAT create an artwork in the style of Aboriginal dot painting/x-ray painting

SWBAT understand Aboriginal culture

Paper
Tempera Paint
q-tips

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Teacher discusses Aboriginal culture and shows examples of Aboriginal dot painting and x-ray painting

Teacher discusses with students animals that live in Australia

Teacher and students practice drawing Australian animals

Teacher demonstrates how to draw animal skeleton on top of animal

Teacher demonstrates how to create dot patterns using q-tips

Students paint animal drawings with dot painting/x-ray using q-tips.

Can students explain the purpose of Aboriginal dot painting/X-ray Painting

Did students draw an Australian animal?

Did students create a dot painting/x-ray drawing.

THE STANDARDS

Visual Arts Standard 1:
Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes


[K-4] Students use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories
[K-4] Students use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner
[K-4] Students know the differences between materials, techniques, and processes
[K-4] Students describe how different materials, techniques, and processes cause different responses

Visual Arts Standard 2:
Using knowledge of structures and functions


[K-4] Students use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas
[K-4] Students know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
[K-4] Students describe how different expressive features and organizational principles cause different responses

Visual Arts Standard 3:
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas


[K-4] Students select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning
[K-4] Students explore and understand prospective content for works of art

Visual Arts Standard 4:
Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures


[K-4] Students know that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures
[K-4] Students demonstrate how history, culture, and the visual arts can influence each other in making and studying works of art

Visual Arts Standard 5:
Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others


[K-4] Students understand there are various purposes for creating works of visual art
[K-4] Students understand there are different responses to specific artworks

THE FEATURES
Color/Value, Contrast, Emphasis, Rhythm/Pattern, Texture

Tempera

History/Social Studies, Multicultural Studies